Omkareshwar attractions

On the highest point of the island, the 11th-century, red-stone Gaudi Somnath Temple contains an enormous 2m-high black Shiva lingam. You can climb the temple's narrow, inner staircase or just sit and watch the lang…

Omkareshwar's most important temple, towering up above the island's river ghats, is the salmon-pink Shri Omkar Mandhata. This cave-like temple, 150m east of the old bridge, houses the only shapeless jyoti lingam (th…

The path passing in front of the Shiva statue near Gaudi Somnath Temple can be followed back to the Shri Omkar Mandata in about 2.5km of ups and downs passing a number of temple ruins. Don’t miss the beautifully scu…

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